Places to visit in Canada
130 places to visit in Canada, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Banff National Park, Burgess Shale, Château Frontenac and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Canada on your shelf.
130 travel stamps in 13 states and provinces
The best known in Canada
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Banff National Park
Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park, in the Alberta Rockies west of Calgary. It covers 6,641 square kilometres of mountains, glaciers, forests and turquoise lakes, and the town of Banff sits inside its boundaries.
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Burgess Shale
A fossil bed high in the Canadian Rockies, in Yoho and Kootenay national parks, found in 1909. It preserves soft bodied animals from about 508 million years ago, giving a rare picture of early life in the oceans.
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Château Frontenac
A castle style hotel on a cliff above the Saint Lawrence in Quebec City, opened in 1893 by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its green copper roofs make it one of the most photographed buildings in Canada.
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Citadelle of Quebec
An active military installation on top of Cap Diamant, next to the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. It is also the secondary official residence of Canada's governor general and forms part of the fortifications of the old city.
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Dinosaur Provincial Park
Badlands along the Red Deer River about 220 kilometres east of Calgary. It holds one of the richest dinosaur fossil beds on Earth, with remains from some 75 million years ago, and visitors can walk its coulees on guided hikes.
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Grand-Pré
A farming landscape on the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, with meadows that Acadian settlers drained with dykes from the 1680s. It is a symbol of Acadian history and is linked to the deportation of the Acadians from 1755.
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Gros Morne National Park
A national park on the west coast of Newfoundland covering 1,805 square kilometres. Its Tablelands show bare rock from the Earth's mantle, and Western Brook Pond is a freshwater fjord framed by tall cliffs.
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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
A museum and archaeological site west of Fort Macleod in Alberta. For nearly 6,000 years Blackfoot hunters drove bison over the sandstone cliff here, and an interpretive centre built into the hill tells the story.
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Jasper National Park
The largest national park in the Alberta Rockies, spanning 11,000 square kilometres. It was set up as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed a national park in 1930 and later declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with neighbouring Rocky Mountain parks.
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Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Sea cliffs along the Bay of Fundy that expose rocks and fossils from the Carboniferous coal age, about 310 million years ago. The fossils include upright tree trunks and some of the earliest known reptiles, and strong tides uncover new finds.
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Kingston Fortifications
A group of 19th century defences in Kingston, Ontario, built to guard the harbour on Lake Ontario and the Rideau Canal. They include Fort Henry on its hill and several Martello towers, and Fort Henry is open in summer with costumed guards.
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Kluane National Park and Reserve
Two protected areas in the southwest corner of Yukon, with the park reserve set aside in 1972. The area covers more than 22,000 square kilometres of icefields and mountains, including Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan.
Canada by state and province
- Ontario29 stamps
- British Columbia23 stamps
- Quebec22 stamps
- Alberta18 stamps
- Nova Scotia10 stamps
- Newfoundland and Labrador7 stamps
- Manitoba4 stamps
- Northwest Territories4 stamps
- Yukon4 stamps
- New Brunswick3 stamps
- Nunavut2 stamps
- Prince Edward Island2 stamps
- Saskatchewan2 stamps
Collecting in Canada
Does LOQAH have stamps in Canada?
Yes. 130 places in Canada have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Banff National Park, Burgess Shale, Château Frontenac. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Canada?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Canada stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Canada on your shelf.
I have been to Canada before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Canada and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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